A Patient Is Being Assessed for a Suspected Deficit in Intrinsic

Multiple Choice

A patient is being assessed for a suspected deficit in intrinsic factor synthesis. What diagnostic or assessment finding is the most likely rationale for this examination of intrinsic factor production?

A) Muscle wasting
B) Chronic jaundice in the absence of liver disease
C) The presence of fat in the patients stool
D) Persistently low hemoglobin and hematocrit